Horseshoeing-stall.



No. 630,276. Patented Aug. I, I899. E. F. WATSON.

HORSESHOEING STALL.

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Patented Aug. I, 1899. E. F. WATSON, HORSESHOEING STALL.

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ELlVIN F. \VATSON, OF CASCADE, MONTANA.

HORSESHO E lNG-STALL.

srncirioarrron forming part of Letters Patent No. 630,276, dated August 1, 1899.

Aspiration filed Mar'h 1,1399. Serial No. 707,276. (N6 man.

To all whom it n'uey concern:

Be it known that I, ELWIN F.WA'rsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cascade, in the county of Cascade and State of Montana, have invented a new and useful Horse shoeing-Stall, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to horseshoeing-stalls, and has for its object to provide a simple and eficient device of this class wherein the construction is such as to adapt it to be knocked down with facility for folding into compact form for transportation and storage, the members being so related and the means of connection therebetween being such as to insure the necessary strength when set up for use.

Further objects and advantages of this i11- vention will appear in the following description, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a horseshoeing-stall constructed in accordancewith my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is transverse section on the plane indicated by the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is adetail View in perspective of one of the side frames detached. Fig. 5 is a similar view of one of the floor-supporting braces. Fig. 6 is a similar view of the rear end brace. Fig. 7 is a detail view in perspective of a portion of the frame to show the arrangement of one of the platform-supporting braces with relation to the side frames.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

The stall embodying myinvention consists, essentially, of parallel separable side frames, each having an upper longitudinal bar 10, a lower longitudinal bar 11, and terminal uprights 12. These side frames are connected approximately in the planes of the upper and lower longitudinal bars by means of tail and breast bars 18 and 14 and base or floor-supporting bars 15, the latter being terminally reduced and fitted in seats 16, formed in the bottom bars 11, books 17 being attached to said bars 15 for engagement with eyes 18 on the inner sides of the bars 11. The extremities of the tail and breast bars 13 and 14 are correspondingly reduced and are fitted, respectively, in keepers 19 and 20, attached to the upper bars 10 of the side frames, and displacement of the tail and breast bars is pre vented by keys or pins 20 extending through suitable openings in the keepers and through the reduced extremities of said bars 13 and 14 into the members of the side frames. The transverse base or floor-supporting bars 15 form a rest for the floor-plank 21, and the latter preferably extends laterally over the lower bars of the side frames and is cut away or notched at its corners to receive the uprights of said side frames, and thus secures said floor against accidental displacement. Also spanning the interval between the side frames and terminally secured, respectively, to the upper bars thereof are back-straps 22 and 23, located, respectively, adjacent to the tail-bar and breast-bar and adapted to prevent rising of a stalled animal either behind or before. Also a supporting or girth strap 24 is arranged to span the interval between the side framesbelow the body of the animal, the same being terminally attached in any suitable manner to the bars 10.

To prevent lateral straining and displacement of the parts of the stall when occupied, I employ inclined brace-rods 25, connected by interlocking eyes with the side bars 10 at their outer surfaces and terminally reduced or pointed to engage the floor of the shop in which the apparatus may be used. These braces resist outward deflection of the side frames by the application of pressure thereto by the animal arranged in the stall. Also the construction as above described is suitable for the attachment of a hopple 26 by means of a chain or cable 27, each of the side bars 10 being provided near its extremities with depending loops or eyes 28.

From the above description it will be un derstood that when not in use the side frames of the stall may be disconnected and arranged parallel and in contact to occupy the minimum space, the means described for attaching the extremities of the transverse members to the side members beingsuch as to facilitate the described folding ofthe side members. Also it will be seen that when required for use the side frames may be separated and secured at the necessary interval to receive a horse byv inserting the extremities of the transverse members into the seats or sockets provided for their reception, the floor-plank being introduced to rest upon the lower transverse members and also the lower longitudinal bars of the side members to form a proper support for the horse or other animal.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- The herein described horseshoeing stall having parallel side frames comprising upper and lower longitudinal bars and connectinguprights, said lower longitudinal bars being provided with transversely opposite seats in their inner upper edges, eyes adjacent the seats, transverse supporting-bars terminally and removably fitted in the seats of the lower longitudinal bars and provided with hooks for engaging said eyes, a floor-plank resting upon said transverse bars andhaving cornerreces'ses receiving the uprights of the side frames, breast and tail bars removably fitted at their extremities in the seats of the upper longitudinal bars of the side frames and hav- ELWIN F. WATSON.

Witnesses:

J OHN M. W001), JOHN MARLoW. 

